This Is Not a Crusade #1

Working on more military related paintings.

This is what my novel looks like.

Hard to believe I made it to a stage where I can do a hard copy revision, but I did.

Moss Covered Dead Wood

This is a downed tree in our neighborhood. Not sure what I’ll title it yet.

Pteranadon Mountain: Colorado

This is a mountain from a trip to Colorado a few years ago.

3 Sisters Watercolor

I decided to move further away from the monochromatic version I’d initially envisioned, and I think this is better. This one is on a full sheet of arches paper that I bought over a year ago, so I’m glad I finally found a reason to use it.

3 Sisters Watercolor 1

Here’s the first pass. So far it’s all watercolor. I may gesso and pastel over top to do some cloud stuff depending on how it goes tomorrow.

Rock Hopping With Penelope

Here is what I am working on for the show coming up soon.

Falls Below the Tea House: Lake Louise

Woke this morning to catch the sunrise on the Three Sisters mountains in Alberta but it was overcast, so it was a bust. But I painted this waterfall from our hike at Lake Louise a few days ago instead.

A Mountain.

Here is a mountain I’m working on.

Another dead tree

I saw this on my walk yesterday. I finally found a way to mount the surface to the board so I can paint the whole surface and not have any of it in shadow. I used sticky tack and so far it’s working great.

Sentinel of the Yellowstone Oil Version

I finally started back on this painting of a dead tree overlooking the Yellowstone River. Maybe I’ll get it done this week.

Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble

This is a pastel I’m working on of my daughters and a couple of their friends playing with a bucket of leeches when we were in Doerr County last year.

Mother Fetching Water

This is a pastel portrait I did of a mother heading to get water on a farm.

Turkey Run Tree

Here is the spot I got to with the painting today. I like where it’s at currently, but I’ll walk away for a few days and come back and see if I want to change anything.

Turkey Run Hike Trees and Rocks

Here is something I started today. It’s a 12x16 ampersand board and the difference between this and the mi teintes surfaces is impressive. It’s way more expensive and I would never do studies with this. But maybe there is a happy medium with some of the mounted papers. The main drawback I see with this board is that I can’t figure out how to get it attached to the easel without blocking the top and bottom.

More Fallen Tree Stuff

Here’s what I’m working on today.

Early Morning Stream

This is a 6x8 pastel done on sennelier la carte paper. It is 100 dollars not including shipping.

Working on more little Studies

The spring house in potato creek next to some neon scum. I changed the color of the building and wanted to do a lot more but 6x8 is just too restricting for me. This paper really grips the pastel nicely though. So I am considering moving to it and moving away from the mi teinte. I like mi teinte for it’s affordability, but I am adding gesso to it to make it grippier and I think it may be time to just use it for studies and plein air only.

Handell Inspired Waterfall

These are just some rocks and water inspired by a Handell painting.

12x16 on gessoed mi teintes paper.

Wicked Scum at Potato Creek

This is a small version of painting that I am working on for my daughters.